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Those tires would be a great addition! :lol:
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Today I decided I'd go start the truck as I wanted to see how well it started in the cold. It was 25* out, there are no grid heaters, and no, it isn't plugged in. It's been sitting out there for 2 weeks or longer. I was really surprised it fired right up. No coughing, no smoke other than what's normal. It actually started better than my daily driver 12v. (Which I still need to hook up the grid heater on as well.)
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So how come you're not driving that? I'd be driving the wheels off of it.
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mine didn't really like the 30 degree weather yesterday morning with the grid heaters on :(
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I have this spare auto pedal set up that I got from a dood I know....
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I can't resist the oppurtunity to put a 47RH in it since I have a $1000 triple billet torque converter laying on the floor, and a pretty beefy 47RH sitting in the south bay. This truck being 6200lbs will make for a bad azz weekend warrior. My new rear bumper may add 50lbs over the one on it now. Uh oh :lol: |
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we drive stick here more than slushboxes i can relate to hitting the brakepedal hard trying to clutch in an automatic
i realy have to force myself keeping my leftfoot on the floor so i dont brake 2 footed when i go from automatic back to stickshift i keep stalling the engine while braking at the trafficlight |
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That bumper is the light weight performance edition. probably actually lift the rear a little when you install it
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The only constant to this truck is change............................. :lol:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...102_143220.jpg I love manuals, but I really like to go fast, and that is hard to do in a manual truck with a dual disc. Well, the conversion has begun. It's getting a billet triple disc Goerend torque converter and a built 47RH. I'll put an auto input in the DHD and redo the rear shaft. Now to decide on what floor shifter I want to go with.............. |
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I Like the Art Carr but Im not sure if it is available for the 47RH.
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hmmm sumtin like that looks like it can be converted to be used on the steeringcolumb
too bad you dont have the E or you couldve used some paddleshift system |
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On mine, I went with the Lokar 16" shifter for the 518, which fits almost cleanly. I originally had the 23" for the 727, but ran into issues with both the mount to the housing as well as the height and the knob hitting the dash pad. The 16" fits in cleanly, and it's a floor mount item.
The only issue I've had with that relates to the angle on the push-rod. Where I wanted it mounted (right over the original shifter hole) made the push-rod go straight down, and I needed to change that around. While it's in there fine, I think that I would have tried to go with a cable shift model instead of the push-rod. Still haven't gotten the truck on the road, but hope to do it this weekend, and I'll let you know how it shifts. |
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Sounds good Scott. Whatever I use will be cable for sure. I just haven't decided which way to go. Buy a shifter or build one.
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I had a floor shifter in my 72 GMC in my younger days and as I got older grew tired of it. On my 68 I'm using an automatic column with a lokar cable shift adapter (cable) to shift the 4L60E.
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subscribing late.
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I am seriously thinking of building a cummins chassis for my 67 C20. I am getting tired of 10 mpg...I brought home a 68 C30 longhorn frame to build up and swap bodies.
Would it be possible to build a 5.9/47RH and have it run off the stock auto shifter ? What are the chances of that tranny fitting under a low hump cab ? |
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i think that he lowered the engine in the frame compared to the stock engine to get it to fit under the stock hood so in his case the tranny will clear fine under the stock hump
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Wow, 76 pages, so awesome project. Been doing a similar project myself. Went a diiferent direction initially. Tried doing the body swap, big pita. So now I'm back tracking. You wouldn't happen to have made a drawing of your engine & trans. crossmembers. I'm dumping in a 93 12v, NV5600 & NP205 in my 71 K20. Just trying to make up for some lost time. Thanks for any help.
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